homesick
SayHOHM-sikUS/ˈhoʊ̯m.sɪk//ˈhəʊm.sɪk/
- 1Feeling sad and longing for one's home and family while away from them.
Like the ache of wanting to be somewhere familiar: your own room, your kitchen, the people you love.
A month into the deployment, he grew homesick for his own bed and his mother's cooking.
Many first-year students feel homesick when they realize how far they are from everyone they grew up with.
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Origin
A back-formation from "homesickness," equivalent to "home" plus "sick."